I don't think so. It looks like Medina went right under him. There's a good chance he it his board or fins.
looks close to me - wouldn't be surprised if he didn't touch him or his board , but again who gives a ****zz
without rules, pro surfing would be a free-for-all mess...contestants would be doing that sh!t all day and running into each other. If you don't have priority, you have to pay extra attention to make sure the guy who has it doesn't make any effort to catch the wave (and no one can deny Hall was blatantly paddling for that wave). Period. I don't see what's so confusing.
I could care less about either guy but that was one of the kookiest things I've ever seen a professional do in the water.
Surfline has this on the matter: http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/gabbys-bad-day-rips-things-open_125102/
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He does his belly too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPOqlb0E9qs [video=youtube;7dmKGywJrGA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmKGywJrGA[/video]